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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
SELECT PEARS. 
Pears should be much more freely grown than they are. The young trees come into bearing much earlier than is generally supposed, especially 
when worked on the Quince stock. Many of the varieties are exceedingly prolific, whilst the fruit are more valuable than Apples, choice sorts always 
finding a ready sale at good prices. 
PRICES OF PEARS ON QUINCE OR PEAR STOCK. 
PITMASTON DUCHESS. 
BUSHES 
PYRAMIDS. Selected 
CORDONS 
HALF AND THREE-QUARTER STANDARDS .. 
ESPALIERS. On Quince and Pear Stock 
, Larger Trees, varieties 
BEURRE D’AMANLIS. Fruit large. Flosli 
groenlsh white, flue grained, teuder, juicy, 
molting, rich, sugary and agreeably perfumed. 
One of the best early pears for market. Sept. 
BEURRE DIEL. Hardy and vigorous, first-rate 
quality. Flesh yellowish white, tendor, a rich 
sugary flavour. Oct. and Nov. 
BEURRE HARDY. A fine, large dessert pear of 
most excellent quality. As a pyramid it is a 
very great bearer. Oct. 
BEURRE RANCE. Large, one of the late pears, 
of sweet, juicy flavour. Must be root pruned 
to induce fertility and prevent the fruit 
cracking ; requires a south or west wall. 
BLICKL1NG (now). Very fine late. Raised by 
Mr. W. Allan, Gun ton Park, Norfolk. Ripens 
in January, is of most delicious flavour, good 
grower, freo bearer ; equal to “ Doyenne du 
Cornice ” in flavour. 
CATILLAC. Fruit large ; one of the best slewing 
pears ; does not succeed well as a pyramid or 
standard unless well sheltered, but is first- 
class for a wall. Dec. to April. 
CLAPP’S FAVOURITE. One of the finest early. 
Medium size, rich yellow colour, flushed with 
crimson, juicy, delicious flavour. Aug. 
CONFERENCE. Fruit largo ; skin dark green 
and russet ; flesh salmon coloured ; melting, 
juicy, aud rich. Makes a strong healthy 
growth both on the pear and quince stocks ; 
very prolific. F.C.C. Nov. 
DOYENNE DU COMICE. Large, very hand- 
some, ranks as the most delicious melting pear 
grown ; it bears remarkably large fruit, and 
makes a fertile Pyramid, Cordon, or Wall tree. 
Oct. and Nov. Pyramid Trees only. 
60/- and 72/- doz. 
84/- and 96/- ., 
60/- and 72/- 
84/- „ 
groat excel - 
flesh white. 
. . 5/6 and 6/6 each 
7 6 and 8 6 „ 
.. 5 6 and 6/6 ,, 
7/6 „ 
2 tiers 7 6 each, 3 tiers 10 6 each, 
and prices on application. 
DUCHESSE D’ANGOULEME. Of 
lenco. Large, greenish yellow, 
buttery and melting, of a rich flavour. Abun- 
dant bearer and vigorous grower. Oct. and 
Nov. 
GLOU MORCEAU. Fruit largo, richly flavoured 
aud juicy ; a very line dessert pear. Dec. and 
Jan. 
JARGONELLE. Medium. Sueeoods on walls or 
as an open Standard ; makes a prolific tree on 
the Quineo and forms a spreading bush. Aug. 
JOSEPHINE DE MAHNES. A flue pear of most 
delicious flavour ; tho tree is hardy and an 
excellent bearer. Jan. to May. 
LOUISE BONNE OF JERSEY. Medium size, 
skin smooth and shining ; colour pale green 
with deep chocolate crimson, flesh white, crisp 
and juicy, very sweet. Oct. 
MARIE LOUISE D’UCCLE. Large useful pear 
of first-rate quality ; great cropper. Oct. 
MARGUERITE MARILLAT. Very large aud 
showy, with aromatic flavour ; handsome ; tho 
fiuest in its season. Sept. 
PITMASTON DUCHESS. Very large, melting ; 
bearing freely on Pear or Quince. Cultivated 
for markot on a large scale, and succeeds 
admirably as Standards. Oct. to Deo. 
UVEDALE'S ST. GERMAIN. A very large pear, 
first-class for stewing. Flesh white, crisp, 
juicy, and slightly gritty. Jan. to April. 
WILLIAMS’ BON CHRETIEN. Well-known 
splendid old dessert pear ; very hardy and a 
good bearer. Aug. and Sept. 
WINTER NELIS. Ono of tho most delicious 
pears of its season. Fruit small and rich 
flavour. Nov. to Jan. 
SELECT PLUMS. 
DWARF TRAINED, 7/6 and 10/6 each. 
HALF & THREE-QUARTER STANDARDS, 7,6 each, 84/- per doz. 
STANDARDS, TRAINED (list of sorts on application), 12, 6 and 15/- each. 
BUSHES, 5/6 and 6/6 each, 60/- and 72/- per doz. 
BELLE DE LOUVAIN (K). Very large hand- 
some fruit of rich flavour. The fruit is red, 
and is a constant bearer. 
BRYANSTON GAGE (D). Large, sugary, and 
richly flavourod ; an excellent and abundant 
bearing sort. Aug. 
■COE’S GOLDEN DROP (D). Largo oval fruit, 
palo yollow spotted with red ; one of tho very 
best plums for dessert. End of Sept. 
•COX’S EMPEROR (K). Large dark reddish- 
purple fruit, firm flesh, sweet, rich, and juicy ; 
a verv fine bearer. Sept. 
DAMSON, MERRYWEATHER’S. Unlike other 
Damsons it commences to fruit as soou as the 
trees are two or three years old, after which it 
nover fails. Two-yeur old trees only. 7/6 oa. 
DENNISTON’S SUPERB (D). • Largo oval fruit, 
S reenish -yellow blotched purple ; a delicious 
essert plum, and an abundant bearer. Aug. 
DIAMOND (K). Large oval, dark purple fruit; 
excellent for cooking or preserving. Sept. 
EARLY PROLIFIC (D). Hardy, and a certain 
bearer ; very valuable market sort ; ripens 
middle of July on a wall ; ono of tho best 
flavoured. July. 
EGG PLUM. This is tlio real “ Evesham ” 
variety, obovato yellow with goldeu tingo ; a 
very useful cooking variety, a great bearer. 
•CIANT PRUNE. A very large, long, oval fruit 
of dark rod colour, with yellow flesh of excel- 
lent flavour. Hardy and a good bearer. Fruit 
firm and does not split. 
-GOLDEN GAGE (D). Large fruit, of *vcry rich 
and delicious flavour ; a most excellent and 
prolific sort. Sept. 
• GREENGAGE (D). Tho very best and richest 
of all. This race requires vigorous root 
pruning, and then boars freely ; as Pot trees 
they succeed in an orchard house. Aug. 
JEFFERSON’S (D). A largo and delicious plum, 
hardy, good hearer. Sept. 
General List. V denotes dessert. 
KIRKE’S (D). One o£ tile very best o£ the bluo 
plums, the fruit is medium-sized and richly 
flavourod ; a first-rate dessert variety. Sept. 
MAGNUM BONUM, WHITE (K). Largo yellow 
fruit ; an excellent kitchen variety. Sept. 
MONARCH (K). One of tho best late plums, of 
large size and splendid flavour, dark purplish 
blue ; a heavy bearor and strong grower. Sept. 
ORLEANS (K). A good cooking or preserving 
plum ; a great, hearer. Aug. 
POND’S SEEDLING (K). Very large, good 
bearer and a sturdy grower. Forms a spread- 
ing tree ; valuable for late market or garden 
culture. Early in Sept. 
PRESIDENT (new). Very large, late pimple, good 
and freo bearer, deep purple with good bloom. 
PRIMATE (Rivers). A splendid new late plum, 
purplish red in colour, dotted with good 
bloom ; very largo and lato variety. 
PRINCE OF WALES (K). Medium-sized purple 
fruit ; a splendid plum for cooking. End of Aug. 
REINE CLAUDE DE BAVAY (D). Large, round, 
greenish-yellow fruit of the “ gage ” type, rich 
and delicious flavour ; tlio tree is hardy and 
a groat bearor. Beginning of Oct. 
SHEPHERD’S BULLACE. Large greenish round 
fruit, splendid for tarts. 
THE CZAR (D.K.). Very large, purple fruit of 
rich flavour ; an abundant boarer, most valuable 
to market growers on account of its oarliness, 
fine appearance, and excellent quality. End 
TRANSPARENT GAGE (D). Large oval, 
groenlsh -yellow fruit marked with red ; flesh 
rich, sweet, and juicy ; superior to almost all 
other plums. Middle of Sept . 
VICTORIA (IC). A well-known and very fine 
variety ; tlio tree is hardy and an almost 
constant bearer. Tho most useful kind of the 
season. Early in Sept. > a. 
K kitchen. 
WHITE BULLACE (K). A very prolific and 
useful culinary sort. End of Oct. 
JEFFERSON'S. 
STANDARD PLUMS, 
We are only able to oiler tho following varieties in Standards, each 8/6, per doz. 95/-. 
Bryanston Gage ' Coe’s Golden Drop Greengage The Czar 
Cox’s Emperor Farleigh Prolific Merryweather Victoria 
